Jana Natya Manch—Janam—a New Delhi based theatre group was in Calcutta after more than a decade with three of their new plays, each different in style and topic. The group visited Modern High School for Girls and South City International School—two schools that have actively been a part of the activities that PeaceWorks conducts—with their…
ONE BILLION RISING — A GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AND DANCING IN PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ONE BILLION RISING began as a call of action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this…
Living With Difference ‘Tell the Prime Minister to go and wear a sari,’ said an adolescent boy, jostled by grinning men, as he accused the PM of having ‘given in’ to the demands of Muslim groups in the face of tensions over Babri Masjid. Around me, as I sat cross-legged in a darkened room watching…
Spearheaded by activist-writer Mahasweta Devi and Tushar Talukdar (ex-police commissioner, Calcutta), 3,000 postcards were printed, stamped and distributed by Seagull for signatures by concerned individuals. The postcards demanded the President’s active intervention in ending the atrocities in Gujarat post the Godhra riots. The All India Muslim Student’s Federation reprinted 3,000 such postcards as part of…
